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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: Re: Who knows the Atari 200?
- Message-ID: <92322.132210RC1DSANU@MIAMIU.BITNET>
- From: Ryan Collins <RC1DSANU@MIAMIU.BITNET>
- Date: Tuesday, 17 Nov 1992 13:22:10 EST
- References: <1992Nov16.200148.648@neb>
- Organization: Miami University - Academic Computer Service
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- >
- >Hmm. There may be some substance to this Atari 200 'Patty'. Years ago,
- >in my infancy with Atari computers, I too heard of an Atari computer
- >named "Patty". From what I can remember, though - it was some sort of
- >test computer - never marketed or made available for sale. If memory
- >serves, it had something to do with the PDP-11 or something. Who knows,
- >but I distincly remember hearing/reading something about it - so I can
- >substantiate at least the claim.
-
- I'm pretty sure the PDP-11 was used to write and compile the original
- OS for the 8bits. This is probably where you heard it before.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ryan 'Gozar' Collins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yea, right, thats what I said.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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